Connecticut · Private foundation
The Gw Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $400k
- Granted FY2020
- 5
- Grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
64% of The Gw Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Broward Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Gw Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $400k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Total assets, FY2020
- $27M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 60% of the organizations The Gw Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $400k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $385k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $350k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $360k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $1,725,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc | $721,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Florida Polytechnic University Foundation Inc | $632,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County Inc | $499,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Broward Performing Arts Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stamford Center for the Arts Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Slow Burn Theatre Company Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Berkshire Medical Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($145k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Gw Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Gw Foundation
- How much does The Gw Foundation give?
- The Gw Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $400,000 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Gw Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Youth Development (26%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The Gw Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($1.7M), Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc ($721k), Florida Polytechnic University Foundation Inc ($632k).
- Does The Gw Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Gw Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Gw Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Gw Foundation based?
- The Gw Foundation is based in CT.
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